Bill Jackson, quality manager at Mitten Manufacturing in Syracuse, sent me this impressive picture of his son, Paul, holding a lunker walleye.

He wrote: "Last weekend was our annual ice fishing trip to Bay Of Quinte (on the Canadian side of Lake Ontario).

"Me, my son Paul (pictured) and 7 local ice fishing buddies take this trip every year for the last 12-14 years. We book a 10-room cottage in the Hay Bay Nappanee area, from there we can normally travel all over the bay to catch walleye.

"Well, due to the warm weather, traveling was a bit touchy so we all fished in the Hay Bay area. Paul was lucky enough to get the lunker of the weekend, the walleye was 11lb 4oz, 30 3/4" inches long with a 18 3/4" girth. He was using 6 pound test line with a 1/4oz red and chartreuse rocker with a minnow. It's his biggest by far so far.